Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
The simple reason this merger worked so well was our MEC and our flight ops leadership. Getting the pilots on board, dealt with and operationally integrated forced the other departments to quickly follow suit. If the pilots were not on board, we would not be cheering for RA but jeering him.
The question, of course, is with the announcement of today's merger talks with UAL, is whether this lesson has been learned. You guys pulled it off, but are the folks at USAir and UAL up to it?